Mojo ♻️Feb 3

Australia urged to plan and prepare for Nipah virus after 2 confirmed cases in India's West Bengal.
COVID lessons — monitor travellers, have response plans ready. No vaccine exists, ~50% fatality in severe cases (encephalitis, pneumonia). Risk to Aus low, but consequences could be serious.

#NipahVirus #PublicHealth #EmergingDiseases #Australia

https://au.news.yahoo.com/australia-urged-to-plan-and-prepare-for-nipah-virus-amid-outbreak-of-terrible-disease-063139391.html

Australia urged to 'plan and prepare' for Nipah virus amid outbreak of 'terrible disease'

While the disease is different from Covid-19, the same principles apply.

Yahoo News Australia
Martin Michaelis (he/him)Dec 11

The more we let viruses evolve, the more likely it is that something bad happens, sooner or later... #virus #EmergingDiseases

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2087g0z9po

New mpox strain identified in England

It's a mix of two major types of the virus, and has been found in someone who recently returned from Asia.

BBC News
Vermont Citizen ScientistOct 20, 2024
Did eliminating smallpox pave the way for mpox? https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/10/08/g-s1-26474/smallpox-mpox-virus-outbreak-vaccine-public-health #mpox #smallpox #emergingdiseases #epidemics
ETIDIoHSep 27, 2024

Source: Reuters (via ProMedMail), https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rwanda-confirms-cases-marburg-viral-disease-2024-09-27/

KIGALI, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Rwanda has confirmed its first cases of Marburg disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that can cause death, among some patients, the country’s health ministry said on Friday.
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https://etidioh.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/rwanda-confirms-cases-of-marburg-viral-disease/

#emergingDiseases #filovirus #marburg #rwanda

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ Jun 24, 2024

Climate Change Could Make Fungi More Dangerous To Humans, published by Nature Microbiology

by @GrrlScientist

#mycology🔬 #microbiology🦠 #PathogenicFungus #PublicHealth🛟 #epidemiology😷💉 #EmergingDiseases #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/24/climate-change-could-make-fungi-more-dangerous-to-humans/

Climate Change Could Make Fungi More Dangerous To Humans

Higher environmental temperatures may trigger mutations in fungi that lead to increased infectivity, more aggressive growth or to resistance to multiple anti-fungal medications.

Forbes
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦Jun 24, 2024

Climate Change Could Make Fungi More Dangerous To Humans, published by Nature Microbiology

by @grrlscientist

#mycology🔬 #microbiology🦠 #PathogenicFungus #PublicHealth🛟 #epidemiology😷💉 #EmergingDiseases #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/24/climate-change-could-make-fungi-more-dangerous-to-humans/

Climate Change Could Make Fungi More Dangerous To Humans

Higher environmental temperatures may trigger mutations in fungi that lead to increased infectivity, more aggressive growth or to resistance to multiple anti-fungal medications.

Forbes